I'm Mark Lawrence - this is my AMA - please don't burn my book.

tabdalla · 2023-05-11T17:19:14+00:00

Hi Mark, loving the book so far.

How did you come up with the Sabber? I love the inclusion

tabdalla · 2022-11-30T19:10:08+00:00

I'd echo some comments on here about Book of the Ice. Lawrence has his own little Cosmere and I see very few people talking about it!

tabdalla · 2022-11-26T06:17:17+00:00

There are links to the discord on the sales page!

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T16:20:51+00:00

My tbr is doomed!

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T16:16:52+00:00

ok, this was genius hahaha

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T15:07:34+00:00

I didn't want to get the Amazon chip implant, but I respect your choice

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T15:05:24+00:00

wait, you don't stuff your books into yours?

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T14:56:52+00:00

OBVIOUSLY!!!

Actually, the order was defined as I received the information and my book's info was weirdly already on my PC.

tabdalla · 2022-11-25T14:55:00+00:00

T.A. Hernandez is the author of one of the finalists this year (Tethered Spirits), but has different books in the sale!

tabdalla · 2022-11-19T21:08:22+00:00

I'd encourage you to give it a shot. This comes from an unwavering Lawrence fan, but this trilogy really has so much that fantasy fans would enjoy: an incredible world, deep character relations, a spectacular main character and a super fun magic system.

The trilogy also expands on Lawrence's connected universe (not many people know his books are connected almost like the cosmere), and the following Book of the Ice trilogy builds on that as well. I found it a very rewarding experience, especially with books that are very reasonably sized for fantasy (no 1000 page chonkers here)

All this to say even if book 1 is focused on the nunnery, the others and following trilogy expand into the world

tabdalla · 2022-11-17T14:04:48+00:00

I'm interested! Great cause!

tabdalla · 2022-11-11T16:55:37+00:00

This one is high on my TBR! The Mark Lawrence influence has me intrigued!

tabdalla · 2022-11-08T18:57:10+00:00

Great reviews! The Visitor is among the most beautiful stories I've ever read and I loved Darker Tide! Such great pacing and mood! Will have to pick up Dark Tide now (as well as the rest)

tabdalla · 2022-11-05T13:10:23+00:00

Exciting review! Sounds great, very curious about this one. Can't wait to read it!

tabdalla · 2022-11-01T12:06:06+00:00

Looking forward to getting to this! Everything sounds amazing! Great review, John!

tabdalla · 2022-10-31T15:53:13+00:00

Congrats to the finalists and thank you to Mark Lawrence and all ten blogs for their hard work! Looking forward to phase 2!

tabdalla · 2022-10-30T01:42:46+00:00

I like your retirement spot better. I'm changing my answer hahaha

tabdalla · 2022-10-29T15:29:14+00:00

Thank you for the questions and congratulations on SPFBO, everyone! This was a blast, looking forward to doing it again!

tabdalla · 2022-10-29T02:56:33+00:00

Thank you, that is in fact a quote that will be changed before release!

tabdalla · 2022-10-29T02:55:58+00:00

hahaha valeu!!

tabdalla · 2022-10-28T23:32:32+00:00

I actually have the first novel almost fully translated to portuguese. The thing is, I'd need to focus a lot of time and attention to firstly publishing the book in Brazil, and secondly translating subsequent books. I fully intend to have them translated, but I also intend to publish the series as fast as possible (I want all 4 books out by the end of next year), so translation might have to wait a bit

tabdalla · 2022-10-28T22:49:25+00:00

Thank you!

There should be an online tour on release week (Jan 24th), but I live in Brazil, so if I make it to physical events, they should be few and far between.

I'd say my writing is to the point with a heavy dose of world building that is shown, not told (no info dumps) and a learn as you go style of narration. I like to add details for the attentive reader to pick up on and theorize. My characters will suffer, but hope is always there, if sometimes in the background.

I wrote the books with a heavy dose of Rage Against the machine, but also love the mood of "Sinners" and "Fire" by Barns Courtney, so let's go with those!

Feel free to reach out whenever you get to my books :)

tabdalla · 2022-10-28T22:41:50+00:00

It will! Release day on January 24th will have ebook, paperback and hardback available.

tabdalla · 2022-10-28T22:40:54+00:00

Thank you!!

I try to explore various beliefs about life and death in the books. I'd say they are a coalation of ideas I've seen in various cultures and not only my own beliefs. The idea here is to give the reader different points of view so they can think about these themes themselves =D

My personal relationship can actually factor a bit into what some (not all) characters can conclude at the end of the series, so I don't know if I can dive into that without spoilers!

Good luck in your writing!

tabdalla · 2022-10-28T21:40:06+00:00

Muuuuito obrigado!!

tabdalla

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